Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

आश्विने कृष्णपक्षे च चतुर्दश्या दिने नृप । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

āśvine kṛṣṇapakṣe ca caturdaśyā dine nṛpa | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

أيها الملك، في اليوم الرابع عشر القمري من النصف المظلم من شهر آشوينا، من اغتسل هناك وشرب أيضًا (من ذلك الماء) تحرّر من جميع الآثام.

Word by Word

• आश्विने: in (the month of) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मास-नाम; अधिकरणम्

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णः पक्षः); अधिकरणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्याः: of the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; (दिने) विशेषण-सम्बन्धः

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (काले)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (पापैः = पापेभ्यः)

• प्रमुच्यते: is released/freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-majjana

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on Āśvina dark fortnight caturdaśī bathing at a bright ghāṭa; some cup water to drink; moon waning in sky, lamps on steps, priests guiding sankalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Deva-majjana (contextual tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (kāla) joined with right place (deśa/tīrtha) amplifies purification and supports dharmic renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the praised tīrtha in this passage—Deva-majjana within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Āśvina kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī, perform snāna (bathing) and peya (drinking the tīrtha-water) for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya.